Education opens up a world of possibilities and greatly impacts our employment, income, and health.  It allows us to stretch the limits of our intelligence and changes the way we view life.

• Number of People who have not completed High School
• Post-Secondary Education Level
• Composite Learning Index
• Percentage of Grade 10 Students Passing the Provincial Literacy Test
  

Supplementary Local and National Comparison Information

9-1 The Number of People who have not completed High School is an indicator of the number of residents without a grade 12 diploma.

Note, Statistics Canada collects this data for communities across the country and includes individuals in the 15-17 age range who would not be expected to have graduated. This manner of collection is consistent across all communities.

Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey by special request.

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9-2 The Post-Secondary Education Level is an indication of how many of our residents possess a diploma, degree, or certificate and how prepared our population is for the jobs of the future.

Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, available by special request program A050705.

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9-3 The Composite Learning Index combines standards for "learning to know, do, live, and be."  It is an overall indicator of residents' level of ability to succeed in society. 

Source: Canadian Council on Learning.  Index composed of four measures - Learning to know, do, live, and be. http://www.ccl-cca.ca/CCL/Home/index.htm?Language=EN

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9-4 The Percentage of Grade 10 Students Passing the Provincial Literacy Test.  Successful completion of the Literacy Test is a requirement to receive an Ontario Secondary School Diploma. 

(data was not available for 2005)
Source: Ontario Education Quality and Accountability Office

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